26th Annual Holiday Community Musical “The Spirit Society”

CONCORDIA CONSERVATORY PRESENTS ITS 26th ANNUAL HOLIDAY MUSICAL “THE SPIRIT SOCIETY”

Bronxville, NY — Concordia Conservatory proudly announces its 26th annual holiday community musical, The Spirit Society, with performances on Saturday, December 6 at 3:00 PM and 7:00 PM, and Sunday, December 7 at 3:00 PM in the Bronxville School Auditorium.

The Spirit Society, composed and written by Joy Redmond and Greg Suss, follows Saint Nicholas as he gathers a spirited cast of beloved holiday icons—Cupid, the Easter Bunny, the Great Pumpkin, the Tooth Fairy, and more, to preserve the joy, generosity, and traditions that define holidays throughout the year. Together they face the stern St. Barnabas, who hopes to transform celebrations into somber rituals, and remind him—and the audience—of the power of love, faith, family, and giving.

The cast features performers from across Westchester and Fairfield counties and the Bronx: Gussie Allan, Logan Anderson, Ciara Andrews, Hudson Axelbaum, Zach Bostock, Hudson Buzzeo, Maya Buzzeo, Juliette Cebenoyan, Colin Chalk, Gemma Chalk, Niara E. Dufane-Armand, Brianna Fazio, Stella Foster, Ariana Gleason, Maya Gleason, Alice Harris, Camryn Horowitz, Elliot Horowitz, Zoe Hug, Kit Knapp, Blake Lander, Emily Lord, Madelyn Mannion, Elise Martinez, Annette Marino, Soren Mayer, Alexandra Mazzella, Isabella Mazzella, Kathleen Moriarty, Rory Pingel, Lyanna Pollakowski, Porter Rao, Laura Sanchez, Alyssa Sequeira, Neriah Sims, Lilly Slaughter, Sean Spillane, Kingsley Stone, Diana Sullivan, Kayla Tobin, Ben Tyree, Thatcher Tyree, and Mary Weismiller.  And our backstage includes Zoe Chen, Athenry Ma, and Zara Seamark.

The production is led by an accomplished creative team, Stage Directors Grace Smyth and Cam Coffey (both Conservatory alumni), Music Director Charles duChateau, Choreographer Jason Summers, Assistant Choreographer Katie Yacoub (alum), and Stage Manager Alexandra Seuffert (Conservatory student).

“We look forward each year to welcoming families to kick off the holiday season with this joyful community tradition,” said Executive Director Kathleen Suss. “The Spirit Society beautifully captures the meaning behind the holidays and the values that bring people together.”

Performance Dates
Saturday, December 6, 3:00 PM & 7:00 PM
Sunday, December 7, 3:00 PM
Location: Bronxville School Auditorium

Tickets are available at: concordiaconservatory.org or 914-395-4507 / $25 Adult and $12.50 Child/Senior

Since 1999, Concordia Conservatory’s tuition-free holiday musical has been a cherished community tradition and a cornerstone of the Conservatory’s theatre arts outreach. Supported by more than $950,000 in donor generosity, the production has welcomed 18,000 audience members and featured over 1,600 performers. The program provides opportunities for area youth to participate regardless of financial circumstances or disability, reflecting the Conservatory’s mission to offer transformative arts experiences for all.

Concordia Conservatory’s mission is to inspire, instruct, and enrich lives through music offering excellence in education and performance.

About Concordia Conservatory

Concordia Conservatory, a preeminent center for music education in Westchester County, is a welcoming community where children and adults find lifelong inspiration and joy through learning, performing, listening to, and participating with others in music. Concordia Conservatory offers top quality music programs for early childhood, youth, adults and seniors. The Conservatory’s mission is to inspire, instruct, and enrich lives through music, offering excellence in education and performance. Concordia Conservatory is a not-for-profit, tax-exempt educational institution. Since 1977, Concordia Conservatory has offered music programs for early childhood, youth, and adults. Financial aid and active community outreach partnerships provide access for all. Concordia Conservatory is governed by a 17-member board of directors.

The mission of Concordia Conservatory is to inspire, instruct, and enrich lives through music, offering excellence in education and performance. Concordia Conservatory, an accredited member of the National Guild of Community Arts Education, offers top-quality music programs for early childhood, youth and adults and seniors in Bronxville, New York. With a faculty of highly educated, working musicians and artists, Concordia Conservatory has developed a rich array of programming. Offerings include private instruction in all instruments including voice, group and chamber music instruction, music theory and composition, musical theatre classes, an annual tuition-free community musical production, early childhood music classes, concert series, and camps, music and literature series at public libraries, an honors music program, classes, and music private instruction. Concordia Conservatory’s student body of over 1,500 is drawn from diverse surrounding communities that cover the gamut economically, from affluent Bronxville to impoverished Yonkers. Conservatory’s financial aid and active community outreach partnerships provide access for all, and the diverse faculty and student population represent over 20 countries. Currently over 400 students receive financial aid or full scholarships.